The CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Rules
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Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 206: Supporting Patient Care with Darra Coleman of Prisma Health
Workplace Violence in Health Care: Dissecting the Legal Landscape and Implications for Employers – Diagnosing Health Care
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 205: Novant Health’s Carolinas Expansion with Senior Vice President Jason Bernd
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 199: Bringing Awareness to Organ and Tissue Donation with Dave DeStefano of We Are Sharing Hope
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 196: Regulation Trends in Healthcare and Certificate of Need with Rebecca Thornhill of Maynard Nexsen
Hospice Insights Podcast - A Refresh: What’s New in the New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 193: Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health with Dr. Jeniqua Duncan of CareSouth Carolina
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 192: Business Issues for Healthcare with Ira Bedenbaugh and Randi Branham of Elliott Davis
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 191: South Carolina Lowcountry Healthcare with Walter Bennet, MUSC Orangeburg CEO
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 188: Healthcare Valuation with Darcy Devine, Founder of Buckhead FMV
Podcast - Conversions of Public Hospitals
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 187: South Carolina Hospitals and Healthcare Industry Trends with Thornton Kirby, SCHA President
Findings from Gibbins’ Annual Healthcare Bankruptcy Report
Hospital M&A Trends & Strategic Considerations for 2024
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 176: Tax Exempt Healthcare Entities with Jim Pool, Maynard Nexsen Health Care Attorney
Healthcare Practice Lease Negotiations: Avoid Missing Out on Potential Opportunities
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 173: Improving rural health care with Dr. Kevin Bennett, the Director of the Research Center for Transforming Health and the
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A California Court of Appeal has provided additional guidance on how hospital decision making and contracting with medical groups for services influence or affect medical staff operations and fair hearing rights. The court...more
On July 1, 2022, CMS issued a proposed rule in which the agency proposes to update and potentially liberalize the distance rules applicable to Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) as well as procedures for monitoring the...more
When the surge of COVID-19 patients threatened to strain the nation’s health care systems, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) implemented the Acute Hospital Care at Home Program, or Hospitalization at Home...more
The 340B Program has gained national attention over the last decade, in part due to the opportunities it provides to generate revenue for participating entities without risk of significant enforcement penalties for...more
On January 1, 2021, Governor Charlie Baker signed an omnibus healthcare law entitled “An Act promoting a resilient health care system that puts patients first,” which is aimed at addressing pressing healthcare issues in...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced last week that, on Thursday, October 5, it would begin to accept applications for an additional $20 billion in funding to reimburse providers for...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), has announced the availability of $20 billion in additional funding for providers. The application...more
The Main Street Lending Program has been modified by the Federal Reserve Board (Board) to provide new access to credit for nonprofit organizations such as educational institutions, hospitals, and social service organizations....more
Nearly three months after its initial announcement, on June 15, 2020, the Federal Reserve launched its Main Street Lending Program (MSLP), offering additional support for small and mid-size businesses struggling as a result...more
In this episode, Richard Church, Andrew Ruskin, and Victoria Hamscho discuss recent developments in the 340B Drug Pricing Program, including recent actions by drug manufacturers to limit contract pharmacy access to 340B...more
On May 1, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced additional payments under the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund to reimburse providers for health care related expenses and revenue losses attributable...more
To assist hospitals in credentialing physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Practitioner Data Bank (“NDPB”)—the federal clearinghouse for adverse action reports against physicians—has announced it is waiving...more
This Primer on the Connected Care Pilot Program (CC Pilot) describes eligibility for the program, how the funds can be spent, how the government will distribute the funds and the application process. The CC Pilot is a...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and other Federal and State agencies and...more
With crisis comes uncertainty, and even the best-intentioned regulations can leave those combating the current COVID-19 public-health emergency out in the cold. Many have asked whether the recent Declaration under the...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the "CARES Act") adds $100 billion to the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to reimburse hospitals and health care providers for expenses and lost revenue...more
Congress passed and the President signed the CARES Act on March 27, 2020. The Act impacts hospitals, post-acute providers and long term care facilities in numerous ways. The following is an outline of key provisions and their...more
On March 22, 2020, CMS announced a suite of four new tools intended to help states combat the coronavirus by allowing states to streamline enrollment into long-term care and home-based services and by expediting application...more
In light of findings from the COVID-19 outbreak at a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it will suspend all routine facility inspections and surveys...more
CMS Releases Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice For Public Comment – CMS announced that the public has the opportunity to comment on the Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON). The MOON is a standardized form...more
New study shows Marketplace premiums parallel the employer market; Montana likely to select a private insurer to administer benefits to its Medicaid expansion population; and Washington’s Exchange customers will begin paying...more
On July 27, 2015, the Senate approved by unanimous consent the Notice of Observation, Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility (NOTICE) Act, H.R. 876. The NOTICE Act, if signed by President Obama, would amend title...more
In quick succession, governors in Alaska and Utah announce Medicaid expansions this week; Iowa is transitioning its expansion away from the Marketplace to Medicaid managed care, for now; and, HHS extends its exception to...more
Two of Mercy Health System’s hospitals (Nazareth Hospital and the former St. Agnes Medical Center) successfully challenged, before Judge Ludwig of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the...more